Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy Itzhak Perlman

• 1Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro maestoso19:25
• 2Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6: II. Adagio espressivo05:10
• 3Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6: III. Rondo (Allegro spiritoso)09:48
• 4Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 2511:42
• Total Runtime46:05

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In works composed by Nicolò Paganini and Pablo de Sarasate — two virtuosi who in their own eras defined the art of the violin — Itzhak Perlman, in the recording that launched his Warner Classics catalogue, offers both dazzling brilliance and enticing lyricism.

“...it is an exhilarating experience to hear Perlman in these still hair-raisingly difficult works. The battle of technique, it seems, has been won and left far behind, hut there is never any suggestion of undue facility, of skating over the music's surface and robbing it of its real impact.... Similar comments apply to Perlman's splendid account of the D major Concerto…“ (Gramophone)

Itzhak Perlman, violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Foster, conductor

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Itzhak Perlman
Born in 1945 in Tel Aviv, Itzhak Perlman began playing the violin when he was so small that all he could hold was a toy fiddle. Although he was disabled by polio at age 4, he played his first recital by age 10. He studied at the Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay and Ivan Galamian and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1963. He was introduced to a wider American public via multiple appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, including a 1964 episode that also featured the Rolling Stones. After winning the prestigious Leventritt Competition the same year, Perlman went on to a career as a soloist that has seen him appear to acclaim on all the world’s great stages and make hundreds of recordings.

His prize-winning discography not only covers the width and breadth of the great classical violin repertoire; he has also made ventures into Klezmer music and film soundtracks, including the Oscar-winning score to Schindler’s List. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. Perlman has won four Emmy Awards, including for the 1998 PBS documentary Fiddling for the Future, about the Perlman Music Program and his work as a teacher. Having collaborated with all the world’s major orchestras as a soloist, Perlman has for years performed with many of them as a conductor. A rarity for a classical artist, he has appeared everywhere from Sesame Street to the White House including a performance for the first inaugural of President Obama. In 2000, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts, and in 2003, Perlman earned a Kennedy Center Honor celebrating his distinguished achievements and contributions to the country’s cultural and educational life. He currently holds the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair at the Juilliard School.

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